[TheForge] Treadle Hammer

Wed Jul 9 18:36:03 2003

At 16:52 07/09/03 -0400, you wrote:

>dan tull
>georgia
>abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Horgan" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 2:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Treadle Hammer
>
> > Light for a treadle hammer, but not too bad for a power hammer.
>
>I don't understand this.   Treadle hammer heads are around 60#, power hammer
>heads 100# and up.

Little Giant 25# & 50# are less than my treadle hammer @ 64#.  The Kinyon 
pneumatic hammer plans have what, a 35# or 40# head?  These are probably 
not what you'd want in a production shop that's making big stuff and 
beating 1" and 2" and better bars.  But they work just fine in small shops 
as well as hobby shops.

Dave Brown
Heritage Smithing
Green Bay, WI
ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG